Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 60

              Granada   P I O N E E R
Vol. I, No. 60______Amache, Colorado_____April 23, 1943
===CALENDAR===
   TODAY
7:00 p.m. --Movies, "Here
   We Go Again," 12F mess
   hall.
7:45 p.m.--Movies, 12H mess
   hall.
   TOMORROW 
7:00 p.m.--Movies, 11H mess
   hall.
7:45 p.m.--Movies, 11K mess
   hall.
   FRIDAY
7:00 p.m.--Movies, new pic-
   ture tentatively sched-
   uled, 9H mess hall.
7:45 p.m.--Movies, 9L mess
   hall.
11K   YOUTH   KILLED
IN   CAVE  TRAGEDY
   Tragedy-struck suddenly and with brute force--snatch-
ing the life of 14-year-old Paul Takemura, 11K-2C, Fri-
day about 2:30 p.m.
   While digging a cave in the vicinity of Block 11K,
Paul, his brother, Arthur, 12, and John Otera, 11,
11K-7B,  were  buried under an avalanche of dirt when
the  roof of the cave col-       	
lapsed on top of them.     
   Buried for approximately 
20 minutes, Paul never re- 
gained consciousness.   Dr.
Obi pronounced him dead at
4:30 p.m. 
At the time, of the cave-
in, Paul and John were play-
ing in the cave (which was
about 5 feet square and 4 
feet high), while Arthur
was in a smeller cave ad-
joining it.   The collapse
entombed  the three boys
and pinned the legs of Joe
Maruyama, 12, 11K-9A, a play -
mate, who had just crawled
out of the cave entrance.
   Children playing nearby
helped release Joe and
frantically dug for the
for the other three.    But realizing
the futility of their ef-
forts, Joe ran for help.
   John Nakagawa, 11K-9E,
and Jiro Kamayatsu, 11K-11E, 
rushed to the scene on h
hearing the news.  Grabbing 
a shovel, Nakagawa started
digging while Kamyatsu
dashed to the emergency
phone and called the fire 
department and the hospital.
  With the assistance of 
John Yamamoto, 11K-12C, and
Makoto Hori, 11K-1D, Naka-
gawa dug out Arthur, and
10 minutes later, Paul and
John were removed.
   While the men were try-
ing to revive the boys,
the police pick-up arrived
and the three youths
were rushed to the hospital.
By this time, both Arthur
And John had regained con-
sciousness.    Artifical
respiration was applied to
Paul enroute to the hos-
pital.
   On arrival, Drs. Fuji-
Moto and Obi took immediate
charge of Paul but when he
showed no signs of respond-
ing to the oxygen treatment,
after an hour, the Take-
Mura family was called to
his bedside.
   Arthur and John suffer-
ing from shock, were at-
tended by Dr. Ueyama.
DOCTOR   EXPLAINS  FAILURE
OF  AMBULANCE  SERVICE
    Because of the failure 
of the hospital ambulance
to arrive at the scene of
the accident before the boys
were removed--the fire and 
police department came to 
lend assistance--the resi-
dents of Block 11K have
been frankly Indignant of
what they considered a gross
negligence on the part of
the hospital.
   On checking with Jiro
Kamayatsu, who placed the
original calls to the fire
department and the hospital,
and with Fire Chief Campbell,
the time of the call was
placed between 2:45 and
2:50 p.m.
   Dr.  Carstarphen, medical
director, on being inter-
viewed claimed that he was
not informed of the acci-
dent and the need for an
ambulance until approxi-
mately 3 p.m.
   At that time, one ambu-
lance was out on call, while
the other (which we shall
refer to as the hearse),
was standing in front
of the hospital.
   Dr. Carstarphen told the
ambulance driver to take
the hearse but was informed
that it would not run.
Doubting the boy’s word as 
the hearse had just been
returned from the garage,
he attempted to start the
car himself, but discovered
the clutch plates were worn
out.
   Meanwhile, the reception-
ist at the out-patient cli-
nic had phoned the police
department asking for a
police truck.  Captain Ta-
kata arrived at the hospi-
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AMACHE VISITORS
GIVEN  BOOKLETS
    Interested    visitors  to
this  center  will  be
given a 28-page  booklet  now
being  published by the  doc-
umentation division of the
reports office, which brief-
ly gives the history, fig-
ures, and functions of the
various center agencies.
   The   limited   supply  of
the booklets will not per-
mit distribution among res-
dents of the center.
RESTRICTIONS ON
PASSES  EASED
   Donald T. Harbison act-
ing project director, re-
ported the issuance of in- 
definite  leaves and other 
work passes has been re-
sumed.   He stated that only ,
work passes will be issued 
and, unless it is absolute- 
ly necessary,  passes  to 
Lamar,  Granada, and other
local  towns will  not be 
given.